rules of the road en · NOUN
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of rule of the road
form of rule of the road
A regional security framework with a relatively broad mandate could also establish badly needed "rules of the road" for regional states in a post-Saddam environment, which would be highly valued by the Saudis.
2005, Flynt Leverett, The Road Ahead: Middle East Policy in the Bush Administration's Second Term, page 105:
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(plural, plural-only) A set of such rules, viewed as a single thing.
As it's evolved, the for-profit organizational form rewards short-term thinking and a profits-first, social-and-environmental-damage-be-damned attitude. While this is especially true at the global corporate level, the rules of the road for small businesses aren't much better.
2013, Carl Frankel, Allen Bromberger, The Art of Social Enterprise: Business as if People Mattered, page 8:That clinical instructor will begin the course by giving you an “orientation day.” Pay attention! You need to know the rules of the road for each instructor and each clinical facility.
2012, Susan Stabler-Haas, Fast Facts for the Student Nurse:
Translations (13)
de Straßenverkehrsgesetz (laws that govern driving) · de Straßenverkehrsvorschriften (laws that govern driving) · de Verkehrsvorschriften (laws that govern driving) · nl wegcode (laws that govern driving) · he חֻקֵּי הַדֶּרֶךְ (laws that govern driving) · fr code de la route (laws that govern driving) · hu KRESZ (laws that govern driving) · pl kodeks drogowy (laws that govern driving) · ru пра́вила доро́жного движе́ния (laws that govern driving) · cs pravidla silničního provozu (laws that govern driving) · fi liikennesäännöt (laws that govern driving) · de Verkehrsregeln (laws that govern driving) · de Straßenverkehrsregeln (laws that govern driving)